About David Wearing

David Wearing researches British-Saudi-Gulf relations at the
School of Oriental and African Studies, where he teaches courses on
politics and political economy in the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter: @DavidWearing.

Maryam Alkhawaja, who wasrecently interviewed here at openDemocracy by David Wearing, has now been arrested in Bahrainafter arriving to visit her father, a prisoner of conscience on hunger strike. All the while the UK maintains the fiction of Bahraini "reform".

An interview with Maryam al-Khawaja, a leading Bahraini human rights activist, onthe continuing protests in Bahrain, the regime’s continued repression and the UK’s involvement in the ongoing situation.

World Forum for Democracy 2017

This year, the theme is ‘populism’. Is the problem fake news or fake democracy? What media, what political parties, what politicians do we need to re-connect with citizens and make informed choices in 21st century democracy?

Civil Society Futures is a national conversation about how English civil society can flourish in a fast changing world.Come and add your voice»

Full coverage of the non-hierarchical conference held in Barcelona on 18-22 June 2017.